Some Facebook page administrators don't like having followers comment on their posts. And yet, there is no official way to disable comments on a Facebook page. We won't find such an option anywhere in the page settings, or on Facebook in general. Fortunately, there is a workaround to block Facebook comments on our page's posts.
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The difference between a Facebook page, group, and personal profile
With the method described in this guide, we can only disable comments on a Facebook Page; not a Facebook profile, a group, an event, etc.
A Facebook page is a page dedicated to a business, a website, a celebrity, or a cause. It can have an unlimited number of followers.
When we make a Facebook account, we get a personal Facebook Profile. Our profile has a limit of 5.000 friends. There is currently no way, direct or indirect, to disable Facebook comments on our personal posts.
Facebook groups are a tool that can be used for collaboration, for discussions on a specific topic, for events etc. We also cannot disable Facebook comments within a group's posts.
How to disable comments on a Facebook page
So, Facebook won't let us disable comments on a Facebook page. However, it will let us pre-moderate "forbidden" words.
Firstly, we just need to go to the Facebook page where we are administrators. As administrators, we get the top menu that includes the messages, notifications, insights, etc.
We click on the Settings link, on the upper-right hand corner.
On the "General" tab, we click to edit "Page Moderation".
This setting lets us choose words that we consider "forbidden" on our page. Typically, it is used for profanities, racist expressions, hate speech, etc.
What would happen, however, if we added a word as simple as "to"?
Well, now "to" is officially a forbidden word on our Facebook comments. Which means that if we make a post...
...and someone comments on it using the word "To"...
...this comment would only appear to them, and to their personal friends. Any other page visitor would see nothing at all.
We, as administrators, would see just a "..." symbol.
Clicking on it, we would see the "offending" comment, and we would have the option to Unhide it, for everyone to see.
Of course, we can hide the comment again...
...and then delete it altogether, or even ban the user. "Report" won't really work, though, because there was objectively nothing offensive about this comment.
Which words should I add to disable all facebook comments?
So, to completely disable comments on a Facebook page, do we need to add a whole dictionary's worth of words? Not exactly.
Since just one "offending" word is enough to blacklist the whole comment, we just need to select the proper keywords that would cover most possible comments.
To save you the trouble, we have compiled such a keyword list, containing more than a thousand words, from "a", "able", and "about", to "you're", "young", "your", and "yourself". You can find the complete list here.
We can select all of the words, right-click and copy them...
...and then paste them in our Facebook page settings.
If we did it correctly, it should look like this:
If you take a look at the list, you will notice we haven't added any profanity. That is because Facebook already has a pretty good profanity filter, which we can set to "Strong".
And, that's how you disable comments on a Facebook page.
Can I disable Facebook comments only on specific posts?
Unfortunately, since this is a workaround and not an official solution, there is no way to disable Facebook comments on a couple of posts and leave them enabled for the rest.
We can either have Facebook comments on all posts, or none of them, but we can't pick and choose.
Why would you want to disable comments on a Facebook page?
Other social media, such as YouTube, understand the need to disable comments e.g. on a video with a controversial subject, or for whatever reason.
Facebook completely ignores it, for the time being at least. So, if we want to disable comments on a Facebook page, the only way is with this workaround.
What is your reason, for wanting to disable comments on a Facebook page? Leave us a comment.
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This is great...!
Does this apply to all posts created in FB...?
Or could it be customized to fit in, into certain posts only?
Unfortunately, it covers all posts, there is currently no way to single out certain posts.
Do this also disable the posts made by the page admin (In other words - will the people who have liked the page be able to see posts that a page admin posts after entering this list?)
Hi Angelos, I've been searching on a way to disable comments on our business Facebook page as we only want to post product information, news, promotions, trade show dates etc but do not want to moderate and answer questions or comments! In researching, it looks like ten same question is be asked by people but Facebook seems to be ignoring their requests! Thanks for the workaround! I'll give it a go!
Cheers
Rich
I am on a FB group and routinely, I see a message that says, "an admin turned off commenting for this post." This text is grayed out at the bottom of the most recent comment. How does that work? I would like to be able to do that on a page I manage.
This worked perfectly for me when blocking from a PC, but even with filter in place, it does not work when people comment from mobile app. Any ideas on this?
My reason for doing this / wanting the option to moderate comments, is simply because I have groups of friends from various periods of my life, and they're very different. And if I make a post, I don't need someone posting some inflammatory BS, or coming at me aggressively and publicly, before I have a chance to see that comment and decide if I want it on MY page.
Seems to me this would be a very basic implementation for FB. But I guess they don't want to stifle open discussion.
This seems to be outdated, as the UI is different and there's no "page moderation" section under "general."
Is it somewhere else? Please let us know.
Just checked ours, even on the new FB UI the option is still there.
Just remember, this only works for Pages.
Not Profiles, or Groups or any of that. only Pages. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c1f05b1dae335849e9b5e11b61fb3e808ebff4613d89f72b08e1ab0ee5a54757.jpg
Oh, mine is a profile. Okay thanks man.
Wish there were a way to moderate profiles..
Thanks Angelos Kyritsis.
This workaround has helped a lot. as all of our "facebook page" posts are performed by an automated script copying the posts from our official website and our Google+ page, and we do not want to monitor the comments on SpywareBook.
If I add this list, will it affect all previous comments on my posts?
Hi there... I really need some help. - I am a moderator on a facebook group and I have got a album with "no comments to this album" is on... How to I turn this off.?
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/989acfa3b7ff24c74da482513c5c427fd0833a8eb7d9b90bff695c0204613bfb.jpg
Thanks
This is a great article, I need to stop comments on my pages as I have a nasty little troll who insists on abusing me and using various accounts... this seems a far easier way to do it than play cat and mouse with the pleb. Thank you x
Thank you so much for this! I just don't have the moderator personality. My focus needs to be on family, health, reading and writing. I recently published my first freelance article and would like to continue down that path while maintaining my website. Moderating comments on Facebook is too much of a distraction. Maybe one day Facebook will change their policy. This is greatly appreciated--sensory overload!
Please send me the list of the words to disable all facebook comments
Doesn't the link in the article work for you?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxu8unle-0U0eXpNLS1oMDBWVTg/view
Have you tried with a different browser?
I wish there was a list like these in Portuguese. Hm, I might be successful translating it... Thank you!
Since most of the words are simple words, without complex meanings or grammar, my guess is that Google Translate will serve you great.
Thanks but that doesnt really solve the problem. I dont want people to write rubbish on my posts, period. This solution still allows people to write whatever they like *and* they and all their friends will still see it, so will I. This is particularly a problem when people ask questions or write comments that are misleading about the post. If I dont reply the people on their friends list will be mislead or think I am avoiding answering the question which may also lead them to think the wrong thing (ie: that Im avoiding it for any other reason than I just dont have time for BS). Having the option for people to ask a question and then not answering them usually doesnt go down well either. They take offence.
Nice try though. Hopefully Facebook does something about it soon.
Or you can press and hold down the comment u don’t lne and choose delete.
This is a really useful work-around - thank you! Only problem is the file hosted on Google Drive is gone! :(
Can it be re-uploaded?
I am glad you liked it, Jon.
I just opened the file, in incognito mode where I am not connected in the site's account, and it opens just fine.
What message are you getting?
Just realised Google Drive must be blocked on work PC - my mistake sorry :)
No problem, it happens.
Do you have access to Dropbox links? You can grab it from here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vs1wcmbb0ehl54i/facebook-comments-keywords.txt?dl=0
Thanks - blocked too. I will download it at home and email in the txt file. Thanks for your help - really appreciated. :)
Hi there,
I have implemented this on a page I administrate for and it only seems to work on very few comments. https://www.facebook.com/warrenmountsecondary The vast majority of posts are not blocked. Any suggestions? Many thank, Rory
This is great thanks - I have a query though... what if I want to reply as page admin to a post that's hidden? (and I want it only visible to the person/their friends - not everyone). If my admin comment contains one of the words in the list, will it be hidden too? or does posting as n admin mean it's viewable to everyone? Thanks for you help.
I did this on my page, and when I tested it I was notified of the comments in my inbox yet they were visible. Now I see on my page stats there are 14 comments to a post, which are not visible to me or others, but I was never notified that they were posted in my inbox. Weird.
You ask why? Because I need to tell a wider audience bad personal news; but I don’t want long “with sympathy” messages. But that’s on a personal page so it does seem possible...
howdy, yet facebook the new using to launched im. me any comment-post leaving dont. either, mine followers in why girls absent? mine wrong where?
This is brilliant.... Thank you!
I want to disable comments to stop foolish arguments on my page.
I want to disable comments so my brother who only posts disrespectful and disparaging remarks on all of my posts, but I don't want to block him, I want him to see what I'm posting but not be able to reply to anything, ever.
thank you i just disabled comments on my page....it is just a page for information. nobody needs to comment...all they need to do is read.
You're a beautiful human being for making this post. Thank you.
I would like a FB solution that would selectively allow the Admin. to disallow any/all comments on selected posts. -Tired of posting something for just the sharing of it, only to have follows bash the topic, the author, and the Page Admin. for (apparently) approving the message...